View story at Medium.com I have never, as far as I know, lost a single pound through exercise. I know some people do—we get emails every day from people who are losing weight with our app, and if that’s a…

I love this interpretation of the body’s layers by “Book Surgeon” Brian Dettmer for its anatomy illustrations and labels, it’s inclusion of leaves and vines, and the mysterious laying on of hands happening towards the back. Healer? Priest? Hard to say. Check out…

There’s a little bit more I want to say in response to Jessica Wolf’s article about the emotional release gained from bodywork, which I also wrote about here: Wolf says she asked her therapist not to touch her shoulder, yet the therapist did so anyway, very lightly….

When I first started learning myofascial release in massage school, I was hideously nauseous every time a fellow student tried the new techniques on me. That reaction was present through a couple of weeks of near-daily work; I couldn’t tell if my…

It’s cold in Philadelphia today – hovering around freezing – so it feels like the right time to don some legwarmers, make a cup of tea, and curl up with the newest additions to my bodywork library. Opie is my inspiration…

A fellow Philadelphia dancer posted this article to Facebook a few days ago: Your IT Band is Not the Enemy (But Maybe Your Foam Roller Is). The author, Robert Camacho, recommends that instead of wailing away on our IT bands…

Many of my massage clients have spinal curvature that differs notably from the lovely, gentle arcs of an anatomically neutral spine. Almost everyone has pelvic and spinal rotations, too, but that’s a matter for another day. Sometimes those curves are…